“Mr. Jo In Ha, you should probably focus more on your work if you have time. It’s not just your poor taste in choosing mediocre scenarios that’s a problem, but if you’re supposed to be a hidden card in Chungmuro, how do you justify the dismal ratings and failure to reach the breakeven point? You can’t blame everything on others while relying solely on your popularity.”
He was quite annoyed by Jo In Ha’s rudeness towards Eom So Yeon just a moment ago. However, he was even more irritated by Eom So Yeon’s passive attitude towards it.
Seo Jun didn’t forget to add a dash of mockery along with his sharp criticism.
“I guess that’s just your nature.”
“!”
At his last word, In Ha’s eyebrows furrowed deeply.
The sharp criticism and the words he spat out himself came back like a boomerang, striking his own weakness. But In Ha couldn’t utter any rebuttal or any words at all.
No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t find anything incorrect.
Ding.
The message from Seo Jun inviting her for a cup of tea came just as she was seeing Do Soon off after dinner and was about to enter the practice room.
Reading the words asking her to come over, So Yeon’s heart dropped.
She hesitated whether to go or not for a few seconds.
Her heart, which had been beating strangely since dinner, now felt as if it was completely broken.
However, her legs, which seemed not to belong to her, moved swiftly like a welltrained puppy, and before she knew it, she was standing in front of the practice room door.
Knock knock.
After knocking and entering, So Yeon made eye contact with Tae Seo Jun, who was sitting upright in a revolving chair.
Seeing his piercing gaze, So Yeon involuntarily tensed up and barely managed to relax her narrowing shoulders, then opened her mouth.
“I’m here……”
“You should come whenever I call, be it day or night. Can you do that?”
For some reason, he seemed angry, interrupting her words and making her stand without asking her to sit down, and it didn’t seem like he had called her just for a cup of tea.
“Excuse me……?”
“Do I have to say it twice? I mean, Eom So Yeon should adjust to my time.”
It was obvious that she had to adjust to his practice time. Since she was filming a drama, she had to make time out of her nonexistent free time. He was probably going to ask her to do that anyway.
But why did she feel so upset?
Because he didn’t treat her gently like last week? Because there wasn’t even a hint of warmth in his voice that said it as if it were a given?
In addition to that, there were countless unspeakable reasons that weighed heavily on So Yeon’s lips.
‘Don’t cry anywhere with that face.’
‘What’s wrong with my face?’
‘Because it’s pretty?’
That winter night when the snowflakes were falling, she cherished the tender voice and warm touch that comforted her wounded heart.
But So Yeon knew.
Tae Seo Jun was someone from a world far too distant for her to dare to desire. The gentleness that existed in her memories was limited to that day. She could never see him like that again. No, that man was nothing more than a mirage that doesn’t exist in this world.
“You don’t have to answer.”
Seo Jun got up from his chair and looked out the window. The thorough indifference emanating from his back was more than enough to prove that he was always a cold person.
“Because Eom So Yeon has to follow my will ‘unconditionally.'”
“……”
How naive of you. You are the ‘upper hand’, and I’m in a position that’s not even worthy to be the ‘lower hand’. But isn’t it a bit childish for you to emphasize that?
The moisture in her eyes started to burn. In the sudden onslaught of sadness, So Yeon clenched her fists and slowly exhaled as her breath hitched.
Seo Jun turned from the window and walked towards So Yeon.
Woken by his cold aura, So Yeon stared intently at his face with her trembling hazel eyes.
“……”
“……”
Seo Jun looked deep into her large eyes that radiated a faint sadness.
What’s with those sad eyes?
Is it because I’ve put down that annoying guy in no time and you’re upset? Are you so pitiful that you’re on the verge of tears?
And you dare to do that, in front of me…!
Sitting in the restaurant without any objection, Eom So Yeon had the same look as she did now. It was undeniable that Jo In Ha’s reckless attitude also stemmed from deep feelings for this woman.
That was why.
Sparks flew from her heart.
A hot flame seemed to scorch her chest, spiraling through her blood vessels until they smelled of burning.
It was intense jealousy.
However, it was a strange feeling that Seo Jun had never felt in his life, so he was just uncomfortable. He, who had covered his confused heart with a cold smile, asked.
“Do you seem unhappy, is it because of Jo In Ha?”
“……”
So Yeon bit her lower lip, not wanting to explain the meaning of her tears.
She had no choice but to take care of me because of the atmosphere, but she was uncomfortable with the man’s attitude, who complained about Jo In Ha, as if he was mocking me who was so pathetic.
There was no sign of the vague excitement or expectation she had had before entering here on So Yeon’s transparent face. All she had was a sense of guilt that criticized herself for being unnecessarily excited.
“Then what could it be? Is it because of me?”
“Yes. That’s right. I don’t understand why you came out if you were going to be angry like this.”
As Seo Jun persistently asked, she let out the words she had kept in her heart all at once and put strength into her fist.
“There’s no one else who can’t speak properly. So was it uncomfortable that I helped you a little? Can’t we even do that?”
“Is there anything between you and me? Or was there?”
The deep gaze, looking down at the trembling small fist with tension, slightly wrinkled.
“Why not?”
“!”
Suddenly, as Seo Jun lowered his head like a charge, So Yeon’s stiffened shoulders trembled.
“What are you, who stiffens in front of me all the time. I’m very annoyed with that. Even so, is there nothing between you and me?”
I thought he would say no, but his lips, close to me, insisted that there was something between us.
“……”
So Yeon looked up at his flawless face without a single flaw.
His expression suppressing the firelike anger was so cold that it was about to freeze, but his black pupils looking at me emitted a strong heat, as if they were desperately hoping for something.
What would that be? What is he thirsty for? Could it be me?
The questions that were deflated and wrinkled, suddenly inflated the expectation that was fading. It was as if a dying spark was rekindled.
And that spark flew in the wrong direction.
“Why do you keep speaking informally! It’s like you have no sanity!”
“……”
Seo Jun suddenly chuckled.
Her counterattack with round eyes was very serious, but she was asking a completely different question, so he couldn’t help laughing.
Anyway, she was a woman with excellent fighting power and skill in turning the conversation around.
“So you were also unhappy about that.”
“How about unifying it?”
“What are you unifying now? If you feel unfair, Miss Eom So Yeon, you can speak informally too.”
“Heh……!”
Hey, hey, it’s up to me!
So Yeon pouted her lips, but she was relieved inside.
After all, she had avoided a serious situation.
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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